British Empire (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "British Empire" in Simple English language version.

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archive.org (Global: 6^th place; Simple English: 3^rd place)

Ferguson, Niall (2003). Empire : the rise and demise of the British world order and the lessons for global power. Internet Archive. New York : Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-02328-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
Maddison, Angus (2001). The world economy: a millennial perspective. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. pp. 98. ISBN 92-64-18608-5.
Hyam, Ronald (1976). Britain's imperial century, 1815 - 1914: a study of Empire and expansion. London: Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-3089-9.
Lloyd, Trevor Owen (2003). The British Empire: 1558 - 1995. Short Oxford history of the modern world (2. ed., reprinted ed.). Oxford: Oxford Univ. Pr. ISBN 978-0-19-873134-4.
Welsh, Frank (1997). A history of Hong Kong (rev. ed.). London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-638871-5.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; Simple English: 2^nd place)

Walvin, James (2012). "Why Did the British Abolish the Slave Trade? Econocide Revisited". Slavery & Abolition. 32 (4): 583–588. doi:10.1080/0144039X.2011.625777. ISSN 0144-039X. S2CID 145248305.

historicengland.org.uk (Global: 275^th place; Simple English: 2,182^nd place)

"Slavery After 1807 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2019. As a result of public pressure apprenticeships were abolished early, in 1838.

independent.co.uk (Global: 46^th place; Simple English: 47^th place)

Milmo, Cahal (2013-11-29). "Revealed: How British Empire's dirty secrets went up in smoke in the colonies". The Independent. Retrieved 2020-11-18. The so-called "migrated archive" details the extraordinary lengths to which the Colonial Office went to withhold information from its former subjects in at least 23 countries and territories in the 1950s and 1960s. Among the documents is a memo from London that required all secret documents held abroad to be vetted by a Special Branch or MI5 liaison officer to ensure that any papers which might "embarrass" Britain or show "racial prejudice or religious bias" were destroyed or sent home.
Sanchez Manning (24 February 2013). "Britain's colonial shame: Slave-owners given huge payouts after". The Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

parliament.uk (Global: 313^th place; Simple English: 249^th place)

commonslibrary.parliament.uk

"2025 treaty on the British Indian Ocean Territory/Chagos Archipelago". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2025-06-03.

pdavis.nl (Global: low place; Simple English: 8,889^th place)

"Slavery Abolition Act 1833; Section XXIV". 28 August 1833. Retrieved 3 June 2008.

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Walvin, James (2012). "Why Did the British Abolish the Slave Trade? Econocide Revisited". Slavery & Abolition. 32 (4): 583–588. doi:10.1080/0144039X.2011.625777. ISSN 0144-039X. S2CID 145248305.

tandfonline.com (Global: 286^th place; Simple English: 209^th place)

Walvin, James (2012). "Why Did the British Abolish the Slave Trade? Econocide Revisited". Slavery & Abolition. 32 (4): 583–588. doi:10.1080/0144039X.2011.625777. ISSN 0144-039X. S2CID 145248305.

thecommonwealth.org (Global: 6,160^th place; Simple English: 1,753^rd place)

"About us". Commonwealth. Retrieved 2023-08-11.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; Simple English: 6^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Walvin, James (2012). "Why Did the British Abolish the Slave Trade? Econocide Revisited". Slavery & Abolition. 32 (4): 583–588. doi:10.1080/0144039X.2011.625777. ISSN 0144-039X. S2CID 145248305.

British Empire (Simple English Wikipedia)

archive.org (Global: 6th place; Simple English: 3rd place)

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; Simple English: 2nd place)

historicengland.org.uk (Global: 275th place; Simple English: 2,182nd place)

independent.co.uk (Global: 46th place; Simple English: 47th place)

parliament.uk (Global: 313th place; Simple English: 249th place)